New place, new person? : is acclimatisation to university accompanied by change in scores on personality tests?

Introduction: Personality Trait theories uncritically accept the lay perspective of personality as an internal phenomenon linked to individuality and agency. This view flies in the face of empirical evidence demonstrating environmental influences on behaviour (Bargh & Ferguson, 2000). The idea t...

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Main Author: Nair, Vikas
Published: University of Nottingham 2013
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.588318